street tracker Articles
Custom: Ride for Kids CBR250 tracker
This Honda CBR250R was built for Ride for Kids by Gregg’s Customs. It’s difficult to pigeonhole the bike since it combines clip-ons with 19-inch flat track wheels and tires, but what it really demonstrates is how nice the little Honda can look shorn of its fairings and complete with a little cosmetic cut and paste. The best part? You could own this for just $5. Photos: Sean Smith Ride for...
12 December 2011
Custom: So-Cal Speed Shop Miler
First things first and full disclosure, I’m a sucker for street-trackers. Own two myself, the first a bumblebee-painted Roberts-rep Yam XS650 in a nickel-plated Champion frame that may be the perfect motorcycle—well, in short 20-minute bursts at least. The second is the “Web Surfer Special,” a budget project bike done in conjunction with street-tracker ace Richard Pollock of Mule Motorcycl...
14 May 2011
Custom: Sideburn Honda FT500C Ascot
The first thing you notice about Sideburn Magazine’s project bike is the paint: a take on Ishihara color test designed and applied by Death Spray Custom. Then you notice that this isn’t a high dollar C&J frame or even a beat up Jawa race bike, it’s a 1983 Honda FT500C Ascot. Ouch. Photos: Paul Bryant Gary, Sideburn’s editor says: "This is Sideburn's Project FT, the cover bike of the c...
25 October 2010
Itsy bitsy, teenie weenie Deus Bali customs
All the bikes below — this cafe racer, the street trackers, the hill climber and the scrambler — all look just like normal Deus Ex Machina, that’s no coincidence, they were built by the Australian builder’s new shop in Bali. There’s one thing very different about them though: none has an engine larger than 225cc, they’re freakin’ tiny. The Bali Dog The “Bali Dog”, is a dista...
22 October 2010
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Zaeta 530: Graziano Rossi's production street tracker
The Zaeta 530 is Graziano Rossi's take on the perfect bike for bar hopping and flat track racing. This is the production version of the Ouroboros Zaeta prototype we saw last summer, "Ouroboros" seems to have been dropped from its name. The Zaeta's looks will be left up to the customer, who can spec any color for the paint, chassis and other components, as well as the style of the seat unit, but th...
09 August 2010